It turns out, they were the main characters.

As if sensing Mu Zhian's gaze, Lan Mulian raised her head, and their eyes met.

"Senior Sister's performance today was truly amazing," Mu Zhi'an praised telepathically.

Lan Mulian glanced at him, raised her eyebrows slightly, and transmitted her voice, "If you can't even handle someone at the Refining Spirit Realm, then I don't need to participate in this Ascension Ceremony."

His words were filled with self-confidence and arrogance.

"Does Senior Sister still remember the letter I wrote last night?" Mu Zhian asked boldly.

Upon hearing this, Lan Mulian hesitated for a moment before transmitting her voice, "If you can make it into the top ten of the Ascension Tournament... you can make a wish to me, as long as it's not too outrageous."

Mu Zhian really wanted to ask what exactly constituted "not excessive"... but in the end, he held back and transmitted his voice, "Okay, I will try my best to enter the top ten of the Ascension Tournament!"

Watching Lan Mulian turn and disappear after talking with everyone, Mu Zhian withdrew his gaze and was about to leave when he caught a glimpse of Ye Yu, who had just come down from the platform, not far away.

Perhaps because he had just defeated his opponent, he looked very confident. As he stepped off the stage, his gaze fell on Mu Zhian, and he said indifferently, "You're still only at the fourth level of the Refining Spirit Realm? I hope you won't be eliminated today, otherwise it would be a disgrace to Pavilion Master Yan."

Ye Yu has now entered the third level of Refining Spirit, while Mu Zhi'an is still at the initial stage of the fourth level of Refining Spirit. If this continues, it won't be long before he can truly surpass Mu Zhi'an, and even completely defeat Mu Zhi'an at this Ascension Conference!

Mu Zhian naturally laughed off Ye Yu's sarcasm, but as he left, he inadvertently glanced at Ye Yu again.

The spiritual energy emanating from Ye Yu seemed to have undergone a significant change. He felt as if he had sensed the spiritual energy of Ye Yu somewhere before.

—The Qi of Heaven!

After a while, Mu Zhian suddenly realized something, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

Yes, it seems that the spiritual energy emanating from Ye Yu contains the aura of the Heavenly Dao...

He seems to have carried out quite a few sect missions before. Did he obtain some kind of opportunity while carrying out sect missions...?

When Mu Zhian thought of this, a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.

"Brother Mu, are you alright? Did he just say something to you?"

Just then, a clear and melodious girl's voice suddenly came from not far away, bringing Mu Zhian back to reality from his thoughts.

In the dead of winter, Ye Lingxuan, dressed in a purple dress and wearing a light pink coat, appeared beside him at some point. Compared to the past, she now had a certain breadth of vision, if not a grand one. However, compared to her younger sister Ye Qian, it was a sad story.

However, her pretty and beautiful face could cover up some minor regrets about her underdeveloped breasts.

Mu Zhian glanced at Ye Lingxuan, shook his head and smiled, "It's nothing, I'm just a little upset."

"My cultivation progress is really slow," he sighed softly.

Ye Lingxuan glanced at him, her cool little hand grasping Mu Zhian's palm. She looked up and smiled gently, "It's okay. Didn't Lingxuan tell Brother Mu before? I will protect Brother Mu from now on."

"So, there's no need to worry about what's going on outside."

"Or if Brother Mu gets tired of it, we can go back to the forbidden area together..."

Before Ye Lingxuan could finish speaking, Mu Zhian had already raised his hand to gently stroke Ye Lingxuan's head and then pulled her into his arms.

The girl's delicate body was soft and beautiful, exuding a unique rose fragrance. Just by closing her eyes slightly, one could feel an irresistible immersion in her beauty.

Ye Lingxuan also closed her eyes slightly, placed her hands on his shoulders, and rested her face in Mu Zhian's arms, seemingly enjoying this warmth.

After a moment, she gently broke free from Mu Zhian's embrace.

"What's wrong?" Mu Zhian looked at Ye Lingxuan with a puzzled expression.

"Brother Mu, remember to cover up your fragrance next time."

Ye Lingxuan carefully straightened Mu Zhian's clothes, then looked up, her bright eyes gazing into his, and said with a smile:

“Even if there is the slightest trace of someone else’s spiritual energy, my innate spiritual body will tell me.”

Although he was smiling, there seemed to be no warmth in his eyes.

Fortunately, this is the Ascension Platform, so even Ye Lingxuan wouldn't do anything too outrageous. For her, the Ascension Conference is more important right now... or rather, the prizes from the Ascension Conference.

This Ascension Ceremony is also a battle for the 'Sacred Cauldron'; whoever wins in the end will have the right to speak.

Moreover, as the Holy Maiden of the Forbidden Zone, she did not believe she would lose to anyone else. She had long wanted to have a friendly spar with Bai Ruoxi and the others.

Looking up at the arena in the distance, Ye Lingxuan continued with a smile, "It seems like it's almost my turn. I'll go first, and then I'll come find you."

Lingxuan is usually very cute, but she can be really dangerous when she gets angry, especially since the Lock of Desolate Time was still lurking in her sleeve just now... Mu Zhian silently watched Ye Lingxuan's slender figure until it disappeared before turning his gaze away.

Then, he looked down and smelled the fragrance on himself.

It looks like we'll have to find a way to get rid of the scent later...

However, we can consider these things later. Right now, the competition today is more important!

Of course, that's what they say, but as long as he doesn't run into Bai Ruoxi and the others, Mu Zhian is still confident that he can fight them.

……

As Mu Zhian was preparing for today's competition on the stage, at that very moment, in front of a secluded high platform, a woman dressed in an elegant white dress was leaning back in a chair, quietly gazing at the arena where Mu Zhian was.

She wore knee-high white boots, her beautiful legs encased in black stockings. Her gaze casually swept over the fairy in the green dress who had appeared not far from her side, and she said with a faint smile, "It's rare to see a fairy from the Jade Pool Holy Land care so much about a disciple."

Yao Meng glanced at Luo Tan with her beautiful green eyes and smiled, "After all, he is someone I personally taught, so naturally I want to see how well I have taught him."

Both of them intentionally concealed their auras, so not many people noticed that the two powerful beings at the Dao Integration Realm were sitting in front of a relatively secluded high platform, chatting and laughing.

"What level do you think this young cultivator you've trained can reach, Fairy Yao Meng?" Luo Tan suddenly asked casually.

"Top ten...or top five," Yao Meng said.

This Ascension Ceremony is extremely prestigious. To be among the top ten or five, according to everyone's original expectations, one must be at least at the seventh level of the Refining Spirit Realm.

But this Fairy Yao Meng said that even a lowly cultivator at the fourth level of the Spirit Refinement stage could make it into the top ten. Should we say that this fairy has confidence in her own teaching or in Mu Zhi'an...? Luo Tan looked up with a faint smile in his eyes and said, "Fairy Yao Meng is really confident."

"nature."

Yao Meng narrowed her beautiful eyes, looked up and gazed in the direction of Mu Zhi'an, and said with a light smile, "After all, he is the person I chose."

The Empress of Yuzhou narrowed her eyes slightly and couldn't help but take a deep look at the beautiful woman in the green dress with an ethereal air.

……

Just as Mu Zhian had predicted, apart from a few protagonists destined for greatness, the other geniuses, though talented, were no weaker than anyone else in terms of sheer strength.

After exchanging a hundred blows, he successfully defeated his opponent.

Night fell silently, and the sky turned a dark blue color. After returning to Tianhe Garden, Mu Zhian immediately began to meditate.

He had consumed a lot of spiritual energy today, and the fastest way to replenish it was to extract spiritual energy from the world for his own use.

Just as Mu Zhian closed his eyes and began to meditate, he was completely unaware that a figure in cyan had quietly appeared in the room.

"He's already meditating so early?" Yao Meng's emerald green eyes looked Mu Zhi'an up and down a few times, seemingly somewhat surprised.

But she quickly looked away.

Very well, let him cultivate in peace today...

Just as Yao Meng was about to turn and leave the room, she suddenly heard a soft and melodious voice in her ear.

"Give up. From today onwards, as long as I'm here, I will never let you have any contact with him again."

Yao Meng's movement of leaving abruptly stopped. She turned her head slightly and looked at him. Her emerald green eyes seemed to penetrate Mu Zhi'an's body and reach a certain spiritual consciousness within his innate furnace.

"The Primordial Witch..." Yao Meng narrowed her eyes, staring at her and said, "You weren't asleep?"

"The spiritual energy within this innate furnace is so wonderful, I'd like to enjoy it for a while," the Primordial Witch's gentle and melodious voice whispered in Yao Meng's ear.

"However, you probably won't experience that again in the future."

A deep glint flashed in the eyes of the serene and elegant fairy: "You mean..."

“As I said, he is my Daoist partner, so it is only natural that no one else can have intimate contact with him.”

The Primordial Witch paused for a moment, then said, "Oh, if we follow your logic, you were here first in this life, so you are his Daoist partner, right?"

“Then…” The Primordial Witch suddenly smiled.

"The spiritual energy in your Daoist cauldron is truly amazing." She deliberately imitated Yao Meng's words during the day, her tone full of sarcasm.

The moment those words were spoken, the temperature in the entire room suddenly dropped. Yao Meng narrowed her eyes, staring at the spirit of the silver-haired beauty within Mu Zhi'an's body.

The Primal Witch, however, remained calm, a sweet smile on her face, as if a victor were looking down on a defeated dog, her eyes filled with contempt.

After that, she stopped paying attention to the loser and looked away.

No matter how angry you are now, what can you do? I'm currently inside his innate furnace, what can you do about it?

All he could do was rage helplessly outside, watching the sweet spiritual energy within the innate furnace without any recourse.

Thinking about this, the Primordial Witch suddenly felt that she could begin to understand Fairy Yao Meng.

This feeling of being a green-haired person... is really great.

Seeing that Yao Meng still showed no sign of leaving, the Primordial Witch looked at Yao Meng again through the innate furnace, about to speak.

However, at that moment, she suddenly seemed to realize something, and her eyes widened abruptly.

"The Pure Lotus of Purity?!"

"what you up to?!"

Yao Meng didn't speak, but simply raised her palm and gently tossed out the seemingly ordinary blue lotus.

"you--"

Before the Primordial Witch finished speaking, the light of the Pure Lotus quietly enveloped the entire room, even completely sealing Mu Zhi'an's cauldron.

Yao Meng watched this scene with a smile on her face, a faint smile in her eyes.

The voice of the Primordial Witch fell completely silent, and the inability to absorb spiritual energy caused Mu Zhian to subconsciously open his eyes.

When he saw the beautiful woman in the light blue fairy dress appear in his field of vision, he asked in surprise, "Yao Meng, what are you doing here? Is there something you need?"

Yao Meng narrowed her beautiful eyes and glanced at Mu Zhian's body, as if she could see through him to a certain direction of the cauldron.

Then, her soft and melodious voice filled the room, as pure as heavenly music, yet with a captivating and alluring charm.

"Can't I come to see you if there's nothing wrong?"

Even though he didn't have any particular thoughts before, seeing this fairy who combined purity and desire, Mu Zhian felt a surge of heat in his heart.

However, he suppressed his inner impulse and said reservedly, "Fairy sister, I have consumed a lot of spiritual energy today, so I need to cultivate first... This is a job, and I have to finish it."

Normally, he would probably just enjoy the beauty in his arms without saying a word, but now that the Primordial Witch is still in the Natural Furnace, even though she may be asleep, Mu Zhian still wants to be on the safe side for a few days.

Yao Meng pursed her red lips slightly and floated lightly to the bedside, placing one hand on the back of Mu Zhi'an's hand.